{"id":40436,"date":"2019-01-20T21:46:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T02:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=40436"},"modified":"2019-01-20T21:46:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T02:46:06","slug":"toronto-maple-leafs-forward-andreas-johnsson-suffers-concussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/01\/20\/toronto-maple-leafs-forward-andreas-johnsson-suffers-concussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs Forward Andreas Johnsson Suffers Concussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>\u00a0announced that forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andreas Johnsson<\/a><\/strong> is out with a concussion. He did not return to Sunday&#8217;s game and is out indefinitely.\u00a0The Leafs lost to the Coyotes by a score of 4-2.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andreas Johnsson<\/a> will not return to tonight&#8217;s game (concussion). <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LeafsForever<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeafsPR\/status\/1087166821546033152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johanan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andreas Johansson<\/a> Injured<\/h1>\n<p>While chasing a loose puck in the corner Johnsson was hit hard by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a> defenceman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hjalmni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Niklas Hjalmarsson<\/a> and went flying into the boards. The play happened during the second period. Johnsson did not return to the Leafs bench for the third period.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Andreas Johnsson in 3D <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Leafs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Leafs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y4IcuXT05j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/y4IcuXT05j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omar (@OLW93) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OLW93\/status\/1087159875270979584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So far this season,\u00a0Johnsson has scored 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 points to go along with 20 minutes in penalties in 42 games played. His possession numbers are 53.4 percent Corsi-For and a relative Corsi of +3.4.<\/p>\n<p>Johnsson played in nine games for the Leafs last year with two goals and one assist for three points. He spent most of the season with the Toronto Marlies, helping the club to the Calder Cup and winning AHL playoff MVP.\u00a0Johnsson was originally drafted by the Leafs in the seventh\u00a0round, 202nd overall in the 2013 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>Johnsson was recently bumped up to the Leafs second line with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/matthau01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Auston Matthews<\/a><\/strong>, due to the struggles of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nylanwi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William Nylander<\/a><\/strong>. With this injury, the Leafs could give Nylander another opportunity in a top-six role.\u00a0 After being a highly publicized holdout this season, Nylander has just four points in 20 games.<\/p>\n<p>The injury also likely opens the door for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mooretr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Moore<\/a><\/strong> to get back into the lineup. Moore has spent most of his season with the Marlies. He recently signed a two-year deal with the Leafs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:\u00a0TORONTO, ON &#8211; MARCH 17: Andreas Johnsson #18 of the Toronto Maple Leafs waits for play to resume against the Montreal Canadiens during an NHL game at the Air Canada Centre on March 17, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Canadiens 4-0. (Photo by Claus Andersen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs\u00a0announced that forward Andreas Johnsson is out with a concussion. He did not return to Sunday&#8217;s game and is out indefinitely.\u00a0The Leafs lost to the Coyotes by a score of 4-2. Andreas Johnsson will not return to tonight&#8217;s game (concussion). #LeafsForever \u2014 Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) January 21, 2019 Andreas Johansson Injured While [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,34],"tags":[616,107,72,230],"class_list":["post-40436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leafs","category-news","tag-andreas-johnsson","tag-arizona-coyotes","tag-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-william-nylander"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}